Data Editing

When you start scanning, you can edit the scanned data in the Scan step to generate accurate point clouds. You can also use other functions.

Data Editing Toolbar

You can use following tools to edit data after the scanning paused or the point cloud is generated.

Note

• After editing the data, you can continue scanning to acquire more data.
• If necessary editing operations have been performed on the scanned data, please apply the edits before generating the point cloud.

Icon	Function	Description
	Perspective View	The object appears larger when closer, and smaller when farther away, which is consistent with the rule of normal human eyes to observe the 3D world. You can click this button to switch to orthogonal view.
	Orthogonal View	The object does not appear larger when closer, and smaller when farther away; Also known as "isometric view", the size of the object displayed in the view is independent of the current viewpoint distance; You can click this button to switch to perspective view.
	Multi View	Observe the scanned data from Top View,Bottom View,Front View,Back View,Left View and Right View.
	Cutting Plane	Create a Cutting Plane to do quick cut.
	Point Cloud Edit	In this mode, a point cloud is chosen. Click it again and you can switch to the Edit Markers mode.(This mode is enabled by default if there is a point cloud.) Note After switching to this mode, the selected markers data (if any) will be retained to facilitate synchronized deletion and other editing operations. Point cloud data under the cutting plane cannot be edited. Stay in the current interface, multiple undo or redo operations are supported.
	Edit Markers	In this mode, the selection tool is used to only select markers data. Clicking this button again will switch to the Point Cloud Edit mode (assuming there is point cloud data available), and by default, this button is in Point Cloud Edit mode. Note In the Hybrid Alignment (including Markers) mode or Global Markers Alignment mode, this function can be used. After switching to this mode, the selected point cloud data (if any) will be retained to facilitate synchronized deletion and other editing operations. It is necessary to retain at least 4 markers. Markers data under the cutting plane cannot be edited. Stay in the current interface, multiple undo or redo operations are supported.
	Rewind	To select (highlighted in red) the scanning data corresponding to a specific frame, drag the progress bar. Click Confirm to delete the corresponding data; click Exit to exit rewind. Note Up to 200 frames of data can be rewound; and you can rewind multiple times until the first frame of this scan.
	Rectangular	Select or deselect a rectangular area.
	Polygon	Select or deselect a polygon area.
	Lasso	Select or deselect the area by using the lasso tool.
	Straight Line	Move the cursor to draw a straight line to select or deselect the area.
	Brush	Select or deselect the area by using the brush. Hold down Shift or Ctrl, and at the same time, roll the mouse wheel will scale the brush size.
	Select All	Select all of the data.
	Unselect	Cancel all the selections.
	Connected Domain	Click the button after selecting data, all connected region to the selected data will be selected.
	Revert	Revert the selection.
	Delete	Click the the button or use Del to delete the selected data.
	Undo	Undo the last deletion and recover the last deleted data. Multiple deletions can be undone by clicking multiple times.
	Redo	Redo the last operation and recover the last operation data. Multiple operations can be redone by clicking multiple times.
	Cancel	Undo all edit, and exit edit mode.
	Apply	Click the button or space bar to apply the edit, and exit edit mode.

Side Function Bar

You can use more functions on the right panel in Scanning.

Icon	Function	Instruction
	Generate the Point Cloud	After completing scanning, generate the point cloud directly. You can click the button to expand the list to switch functions. Note Foot station alignment mode and portrait scan only supports Optimize and Generate Point Cloud.
	Optimize & Generate Point Cloud	After completing scanning, optimize the point cloud and generate. You can click the button to expand the list to switch functions.
	Project Group	Create or open a project group.
	Clean Data	Clean the current point cloud data to redo scan.
	Align	Align the data as you need, please refer to Align. Note Foot station alignment mode does not support alignment.
	Export Data	Export the scan data.
	Show / Hide Texture	Show or hide texture on the screen.
	Mesh Model	Click to enter the Post-Processing step to mesh model. Note If the point cloud of the current project has not been generated yet, this button can not be clicked.

Menu of the Right Mouse Button

Function	Description
Select all/Invert/Unselect/Delete selected data	The function is the same as the function on editing bar, and can be operated by shortcut keys.
Connected Domain	Click the button after selecting a patch of data and all connected region to the selected data will be picked; can be operated by shortcut keys.
Fitting View	The data on the interface is displayed in the center according to the appropriate size; can be operated by shortcut keys.
Set Rotate Center	The rotation center can be set on the data by Left Button; can be operated by shortcut keys.
Reset Rotate Center	After reset, the center of rotation is at the data center.
Show/hide cutting plane	Click to hide or show the cutting plane (if has been set).
Bottom camera	Ticked by default, and can be cancelled to close the left Camera window.
Texture camera	With this option being ticked, a second Camera window will show at the left side.

Shortcut

Shortcut	Function
Press and hold Ctrl+D	Fit view
Scroll wheel	Zoom in/zoom out the data
Press and hold the Middle Button and move the cursor	Translate the data
Press and hold Ctrl+F	Set Rotate Center
Press and hold the Left Button and move the cursor	Rotate the data
Hold down Shift+Left Button	Select the area of data
Press and hold Ctrl+Left Button	Deselect the area of data
Press and hold Ctrl+A	Select all
Press and hold Ctrl+C	Deselect all data
Press and hold Ctrl+I	Switch selected or unselected data.
Delete	Delete the selected data

Cutting Plane

If you need to remove the object's base data during the scanning process, Cutting Plane can be a very effective tool.

By setting up a cutting plane, the data below the plane will not be captured.

Note

A cutting plane can be set up after opening a global markers file or scanning global markers, and can be saved while saving the global markers.

Create a Cutting Plane

Three methods to create a cutting plane are shown in the table as follows:

Method	Description
Fitting Point Cloud	Hold Shift+Left Button to select the point cloud data, and click Create Plane.
Creating Straight Line	Hold Shift+Left Button to draw a line, and click Create Plane.
Markers	Hold Shift+Left Button to elect at least three markers, and click Create Plane.

Edit the Cutting Plane

• Delete the selected point cloud data or markers: When ticked, the selected point cloud data or markers will be highlighted in red. Apply the edit to delete the highlighted point cloud data or markers.
• Invert: Use this button to reverse the selection of data by flipping the cutting plane.
• Delete plane: clicking this button will delete the current cutting plane and return to the interface for creating a new cutting plane.
• Reset: reset all the operations performed after creating the cutting plane.
• Apply: apply all the edits made.

Note

• It is not supported to deleted all point cloud data.
• At least four markers should be remained at the front appearance of the cutting plane.

• Translate the cutting plane: after generating the plane, you can enter numbers in the editing box or drag the arrow of the cutting plane's normal to translate the cutting plane.
• Rotate the cutting plane: you can drag any of the four small balls on the edges of the cutting plane to rotate the cutting plane along a certain direction.